Where to begin? At the end, of course.
The “Clean Sweep” is over. The “Big Three” era is over. It’s about “Grit and Grind” and the future. At this point, no one knows who the Nets will be next season, next month, next week or even tomorrow. It is fluid and uncertain ... and not at all positive.
Other than perhaps Julius Erving being sold to the 76ers in October 1976, there has been no other organizational failure in the NBA like the Brooklyn Nets, circa 2022, no matter the starting point, whether it’s the original decision to bring in Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan in June 2019 or ownership’s decision to take a hardline this past month on giving Irving the full, four-year, $245.